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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: Chalmers’ $4bn surplus, airlines face calls for compensation payouts, frog loss fears

The Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Finance Minister Katy Gallagher and Treasurer Jim Chalmers in the PM's offices of Parliament House in Canberra.
(L-R) Treasurer Jim Chalmers, prime minister Anthony Albanese and finance minister Katy Gallagher prepare for Tuesday’s federal budget. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

Morning everyone. The federal budget will dominate the news today but let’s start with a development that will be of great interest to the bottom line of anyone who has ever boarded a plane in Australia: airlines could soon be forced to pay compensation to passengers who are bumped off flights. We’ll be looking into how that might happen, plus everything you need to know in advance of the budget, and how Mark Zuckerberg has conquered martial arts.

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